US and Australia muscle-flexing: China
China has said the U.S. and Australia were “flexing their muscles” with recent naval drills in the South China Sea, underscoring Beijing’s sensitivity over...
Ballarat feels force of US Navy Growlers
HMAS Ballarat’s crew felt the full force of eight United States Navy EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft when they flew overhead during the ship’s Regional...
Chinese assertiveness and politics in the South China Sea.
Chinese Assertiveness and the Business of Politics in the South China Sea Dispute
Dr Pichamon Yeophantong*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review,...
The Quad: ambitions and reality
By Huong Le Thu and Sarah Teo*
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue has been the venue for the most visible foreign policy signalling on the Indo-Pacific from US...
US Congress’s Pacific priority
By Alan Tidwell*
The US Congress has before it three pieces of legislation that have the potential to significantly alter the depth of US engagement...
Marine Corps must restore competency
The Marine Corps is putting together a “blue ribbon commission” to help restore the institutional knowledge on amphibious operations that was lost after nearly...
US Navy names ship USS Canberra
The Navy will christen a ship made in Alabama on Saturday, naming it after Australia’s capital city, military.com reports.
The littoral combat ship will be...
International law and armed conflicts at sea
International Law and Armed Conflicts at Sea: The San Remo Manual – now is the time for a LOTE!
This article was first published in...
Virginia-class nuclear subs a better option
By Tom Lewis*
Australia's submarine acquisition program has spent several billion dollars and not seen a metre of steel cut yet. That’s not a bad thing....
Reduced US ships plan to help China
The proposed U.S. Navy shipbuilding budget for fiscal 2021 contains only good news for China. The threat of a larger U.S. Navy has disappeared....